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A company that pools money together from multiple investors and then invests it.

Also called a dividend, this is the fixed annual interest paid to gilt holders. It’s usually paid in two equal, semi-annual instalments and expressed as a percentage of the nominal value of the gilt.

Mutual funds and investment trusts are priced on their net asset value (NAV).

The highest, or lowest, price a share has traded at in a passing year.

A US stock exchange specialising in the shares of technology companies.

London Stock Exchange, which was founded in 1571 and now has a market cap of almost $5 trillion.

The annual interest payment (dividend) divided by the current market price of a bond.

Learn what a margin call stands for in financial terms.

The difference between a company's revenue and the cost to produce its goods/services, divided by revenue.